Falls Around Her

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Falls Around Her

2018

1h 40m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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A world-famous Anishinaabe musician returns to the reserve to rest and refresh herself but finds that her fame and the outside world intrude.

Johanna Schneller

Globe and Mail

03/29/2019

2.5/4

Its rhythms aren't the usual movie rhythms, and it stumbles only when it tries to be conventional.

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

03/28/2019

2.5/4

An unexpected homecoming becomes a mystery story in Falls Around Her, a movie marking the first lead film role for Tantoo Cardinal in her 48-year career.

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Anne Brodie

What She Said

07/23/2021

See our revered Canadian actor Tantoo Cardinal shine in this exceptionally challenging part

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

03/04/2021

3.5/5

Cardinal is a living breathing embodiment of Mary's renewal. Her performance dominates the film, a fiery mix of experience, hurt and joy.

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Alex Heeney

Seventh Row

08/21/2019

With minimal dialogue, Naponse and Cardinal give us a portrait of a complex and sexual woman with desires and interests, a sad rarity in cinema.

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Pat Mullen

Cinemablographer

05/21/2019

Cardinal delivers in every frame of Falls Around Her by creating a layered, soulful, and lived-in performance.

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Stephanie M

@RT39557340 02/22/2025

Stunningly beautiful, powerful, emotionally raw, hypnotic, truth-speaking

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07/31/2022

Disjointed, no story line, maybe if I was really high, or really stupid.

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07/24/2022

Lots of things wrong but the main thing is continuity in the story. We go from frozen lakes and snow to no snow and back again, back again, back again, etc., her outfits changed back and forth from scene to scene, but the worse is that the firewood in the stack next to the wood stove never changed throughout the movie. Bringing in her manager at the end just lost it. Overall the director needs a review on how to make a movie. Don't bother to watch this movie.

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roger g

@RT94256209 07/06/2022

Lacks story, lacks emotion, lacks movement, lacks any semblance of acting. Never quite sure what the purpose is supposed to be.

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04/09/2019

Nice scenery views make it nice on a big screen. Powerful principal actress and a well-told story.

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03/14/2019

This film is visually breathtaking. Also, I love Tantoo Cardinal, and she is amazing in this film. She really nails it (pun intended--but you'll have to see the film to get it).

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Synopsis

A world-famous Anishinaabe musician returns to the reserve to rest and refresh herself but finds that her fame and the outside world intrude.

Director: Darlene Naponse
Producer: Jamie Manning, Darlene Naponse, Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss
Screenwriter: Darlene Naponse
Production Co: The Film Farm, Baswewe Films
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 1, 2020
Runtime: 1h 40m